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Gender pay gap refers to the difference between the wage of women and men. In the UK, the equal pay for both women and men that are doing the same job has been a legal requirement for that past 47 years. Based on the Equality Act 2010, it is illegal to pay someone based on their gender, however, “wage discrimination is undisputable” (Grybaite, 2006). This topic is of interest, as on average, women have “lower incomes, lower wages and less advantageous terms of employment than men” (Gryba...

The idea of diversity "was originally created to justify more inclusion of people who were excluded from schools, universities, corporations, and other kinds of organizations" (Herring, 2009). UK legislation covers minimum standards regarding age, disability, religion, race, sexual orientation and gender diversity. However, "an effective diversity and inclusion strategy goes beyond legal compliance and seeks to add value to an organisation, contributing to employee well-being and engage...

Giving the huge gender pay gap in the UK’s banking sector, this empirical study aims to evaluate the effects of GPG on the women working in this industry. In order to ensure a good association of different methodological elements of this thesis, qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interview and was analyzed in the light of interpretivism paradigm and inductive approach. The interview questions were inspired from themes found in the literature, but also by the objectives of th...